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The Goulash co-op may not have raised enough money to take over Soho restaurant the Gay Hussar but don’t give up hope yet. “It’s not over till the fat Hussar sings!” says Mark Seddon, former Tribute editor and Goulash member. “Between us, we have decades of campaigning against the odds. The owners, Corus, haven’t let the staff or anyone else know who the other bidder(s) are — but we think we have the best plan, the most support — ie most of the customers — and can raise the money.

Former Conservative politician Lord McAlpine has commenced legal action against a long list of organisations and individuals who wrongly linked him to a paedophile ring after coming to a £185,000 settlement with the BBC.

A senior Conservative has been filmed describing how the party must fight to keep the UK together "even if they don't agree with it" in order to tell Scots what powers they will be denied in post-independence negotiations, it has been reported.

The following might not be that widely reported in today’s newspapers but — in the interests of press freedom — City Spy feels you might like to hear what remarks developer Gerald Ronson had to make about hypocritical newspaper editors yesterday at his annual lunch at the Dorchester: